the loop

noun

: a group of people who know about or have influence or control over something

She wants to stay in the loop as these changes are being considered.

He claims that he was kept out of the loop when the decision to sell the company was being made.

Examples of the loop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Scale through collaboration between people and agents rather than treating autonomy as a race to remove humans from the loop. — Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Whether System 0 closes the loop will depend on how many jackets actually return, how much nylon survives recycling and where everything else goes. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Investors are no longer treating the loop as background noise, repricing oil, bonds and taking into consideration a hawkish Fed. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The system is not entirely automated, with human operators a critical part of the decision chain (called human on the loop). — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the loop

• newsgroup
• recoup
• regroup
• subgroup
• workgroup
• coop
• coupe
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• droop
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• group